October 2nd, 2014

October 2, 2014

North Star leader Valley City State (2-0 North Star, 4-1 overall) look to expand their win streak to four as they return to Lokken Stadium for Saturday‚Äôs 1 p.m. Homecoming against North Star newcomer Waldorf College (1-2 North Star, 2-4 overall) of Forest City, Iowa.

October 1st

October 1, 2014

The Hi-Liner Hall of Fame Committee is pleased to announce that Barb Bjorum, Jeff Boschee, Justin ‚ÄėDigger‚Äô Johnson and Nate Keller are the induction class of 2014.

This group of three individuals and one coach will be recognized during the VCHS Homecoming Parade and the Homecoming Football Game on Friday Oct. 10.

Barb Bjorum

Bjorum coached varsity gymnastics for 15 years at Valley City High School, and had a positive influence on lives of numerous young ladies. Bjorum started her coaching career during the 1976-77 season, only the third year of the gymnastics program at VCHS.

October 1, 2014

By

Mary Berntson, VCHS/BCN Head Bowling Coach

Varsity bowling, featuring Barnes County North‚Äôs Laine Schwehr, Austin Lura and Collin Lura, and Valley City‚Äôs Sam Coit, Drew Oberlander, Levi Nix and Matthew Lyter, opened with their first match against the West Fargo Stars and took an early lead through two games, 200-167 and 159-156, but dropped the next two, 180-174 and 206-193.

Valley kept it tight through the first eight frames of the deciding game with Oberlander‚Äôs strike and Lyter‚Äôs subsequent strike and nine-pin count in the 10th, giving Valley an eight-pin lead and the match.

October 1, 2014

Sharon Michael and the Valley City junior high girls, and Mikaylah Ross and the varsity girls, came up winners with four new Hi-Liner new personal records in 80-degree temperatures and a south-southeast wind at Sept. 25‚Äôs Casselton, N.D. Meet.

‚ÄúWhile the hot and humid weather took its toll on times, the team competed hard and had some outstanding places at this meet,‚ÄĚ Hi-Liner head coach Brian Engelhard said. ‚ÄúIndividual girls who ran really well and stood out were Jessica Ronning, as well as two that were running in their first varsity races, Mikayla Wolla and Eliza Schueneman.‚ÄĚ

October 1, 2014

Senior middle blocker Megan Kasowski returned from injury Tuesday night as Maple Valley got back on track with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-18) sweep of visiting Barnes County North to complement Sept. 4‚Äôs road sweep of the Bison.

September 30, 2014

After Hi-Liner junior varsity‚Äôs 42-6 loss in Wahpeton on Sept. 15 and Sept. 22‚Äôs game at Devils Lake that turned out to be a match against the freshman team as the Firebird platoon took on Carrington, Valley City returned home Monday, guest-officiated by athletic director Marty Bratrud, for a 42-6 handling of Kindred.

Valley City and Kindred were oft-flagged for what head coach Jim Breckheimer called ‚Äúundisciplined penalties‚ÄĚ in a ‚Äúgood, gritty win.‚ÄĚ

‚ÄúIf we clean that stuff up, there isn‚Äôt anyone in the state who can beat you,‚ÄĚ said coach Ty Allen.

September 28th

September 28, 2014

Valley City‚Äôs 5-foot, 10-inch, 210-pound sophomore ran for 257 yards, scored three of his four rushing touchdowns in the first half and converted a two-point attempt in Friday‚Äôs 52-7 win at Maple Valley/ Enderlin‚Äôs Homecoming in arboreal Buffalo, N.D.

‚Äú[Rodriguez] is physically stronger than each and every one of us,‚ÄĚ said Falcon head coach Nathan Hoots, who urged low, aggressive tackles at halftime. ‚ÄúWe were dominating the line of scrimmage for the first eight minutes of the game, but that has not been the case since.‚ÄĚ